I have been working hard on Book Two:  Hell or High Water

Spoiler alert:  at the end of Book One, Jeronimus orders Marty and his crew to the Terminator Zone to mine ice there, and sends Corporal Hayes and his Marines to P-47 (the other asteroid) for the same purpose.  Book Two opens with Zevank and Peskanov piloting a shuttle with twelve male colonists in the back.  They've been told they're on their way to P-47 to help the Marines, but all is not what it seems.  Zevank orders the men into the airlock to prepare for disembarkation onto the asteroid.  But in fact, the shuttle is in deep space.  Suddenly, Zevank opens the airlock and vents the twelve colonists into the vacuum, killing them instantly.  It's all part of Jeronimus' plan:  to divide and conquer, and cut down on the population so that only his chosen few will survive, given the limited resources available.  He convinces his followers that murder is the only way they can survive.  The ruthless Zevank eagerly follows his orders, thus setting the tone for the opening of Book Two. 

Next, we visit the three groups who are now split up into their respective zones.  Marty O'Rourke and the orderlies are in the Terminator Zone, mining ice and working hard, but feeling isolated and with plummeting morale.  In the Graveyard, Jeronimus is consolidating his grip on the remaining population.  His immediate goal is to recruit more armed men willing to follow his despicable commands, so he orders Zevank and Garcia to find some.  Finally, we visit P-47.  Corporal Hayes and his two dozen Marines have been dropped off on top of a flat mesa on the desolate asteroid.  They settle in by setting up their habs, transformers and solar arrays with the help of their willing bots.  They also construct a switchback path so they can reach the terrain under their new base.  However, they find they are already running short of water.  The immediate concern is to find ice.  Jeronimus promised them the area around the landing zone has abundant ice, and the Marines are relying on that promise.   The shuttle has left them behind, so they have no way of leaving, and no way to survive unless they can mine some ice - and quickly.

From there, the point of view rotates between these three locations as the plot moves forward.  Stay tuned for more sneak peeks of what Book Two has in store!